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The Expectation Effect
The placebo effect or the expectation effect is considered the most reliable effect in pharmacology or medicine./nStudies have shown that people who take sugar pills with the expectation of a positive outcome tend to have better outcomes than those who do not believe in the treatment./nWhile the expectation effect can have positive outcomes, the mechanism behind it may not align with the claimed explanation, potentially misleading or deceiving people.